Full Circle

This part of the web site brings us full circle in the Charlie Battery, 3rd Missile Battalion, 71st Artillery saga. We came, we built, we drank beer, and went home. That's it folks, don't ask for anything more. However... the memories are still there. Rich, vivid, and full of personal meaning, importance, and shared experiences that can never be taken from us.

And this section of the web site is also product of many personal links and connections, many of whom I have never seen or formally met in person. After I published the web site I began sharing it with others, one of whom was Clete Hall of the Bravo Battery web site. His site was first 3rd71st site that I found when I started my research, and was an inspiration for me to do this site. So I signed his guest book and he emailed me.

Personal Contact...

It seems that Clete has some contacts in Germany, one of which is a man who did a report on Nike Sites in Germany, or at least on the 3rd71st. I'm still not clear about how all this transpired, but ultimately I think Clete informed this man Herbert of our project, and he contacted me and we have working on this “Charlie Battery Today” project for some months now. It seems that in his research for his original report he could not find out exactly where Charlie Battery was geographically located, and I guess it was always a bit of unfinished business for him.

I mean, isn't that classic about Charlie Battery. We were so far out in the hinterlands that everyone forgot about who we were and where we were. Anyway, he was very excited when I sent him the “Charlie Battery Location” PDF link that I did pinpointing the exact location of the site via Google Earth.